Victoria P. Werth, M.D.

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Professor of Dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Division Of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System (to include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Hospital)
Department: Dermatology
Contact information
Division of Dermatology
Veterans Administration Hospital
University and Woodland Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-823-4208
Fax: 215-823-5171
Links
Lupus Foundation of America
Philadelphia Dermatology Society
Scleroderma Foundation
Lupus Research Institute
Medical Dermatology Society
The Myositis Association
International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation
Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology
Education:
B.A. (Chemistry)
Catholic University, 1976.
 M.S. (Physical Chemistry)
Catholic University, 1976.
 M.D. (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, 1980.
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Description of Research Expertise

Photobiology
Tumor necrosis factor
Cutaneous lupus
Glycosaminoglycans
Clinical and translational research in cutaneous autoimmune diseases

Description of Clinical Expertise

Autoimmune skin disease
Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Dermatomyositis
Pemphigus vulgaris

Selected Publications

Shen CZ, Carol H, Feng R, Hill A, Lopes Almeida Gomes L, Hejazi EZ, Werth VP, Shaw KS.: Risk of interstitial lung disease in adult patients with dermatomyositis treated with methotrexate: A retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort. J Am Acad Dermatol 92(5): 1098-1100, May 2025.

 Cepica TB, Xie L, Faden DF, Stone CJ, Feng R, Werth VP, Chong BF.: Smoking status is a negative predictor of six-month cutaneous lupus activity trends: A prospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol 92(4): 912-914, Apr 2025.

 Zanframundo G, Dourado E, Bauer-Ventura I, Faghihi-Kashani S, Yoshida A, Loganathan A, Rivero-Gallegos D, Lim D, Bozán F, Sambataro G, Bae SS, Yamano Y, Bonella F, Corte TJ, Doyle TJ, Fiorentino D, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Hudson M, Kuwana M, Lundberg IE, Mammen A, McHugh N, Miller FW, Montecucco C, Oddis CV, Rojas-Serrano J, Schmidt J, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Werth VP, Hansen P, Rozza D, Scirè CA, Sakellariou G, Kaneko Y, Triantafyllias K, Castañeda S, Alberti ML, Merino MGG, Fiehn C, Molad Y, Govoni M, Nakashima R, Alpsoy E, Giannini M, Chinoy H, Gallay L, Ebstein E, Campagne J, Saraiva AP, Conticini E, Sebastiani GD, Nuño-Nuño L, Scarpato S, Schiopu E, Parker M, Limonta M; CLASS project participating investigators; Cavagna L, Aggarwal R.: The role of multicriteria decision analysis in the development of candidate classification criteria for antisynthetase syndrome: analysis from the CLASS project. Ann Rheum Dis 4967(25), Mar 2025.

 Werth VP, Furie RA, Romero-Diaz J, Navarra S, Kalunian K, van Vollenhoven RF, Nyberg F, Kaffenberger BH, Sheikh SZ, Radunovic G, Huang X, Carroll H, Naik H, Gaudreault F, Meyers A, Musselli C, Franchimont N, Barbey C.: Part B of the LILAC study of litifilimab for cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a plain language summary. Immunotherapy 17(3): 161-173, Feb 2025.

 Fiorentino D, Mangold AR, Werth VP, Christopher-Stine L, Femia A, Chu M, Musiek ACM, Sluzevich JC, Graham LV, Fernandez AP, Aggarwal R, Rieger K, Page KM, Li X, Hyde C, Rath N, Sloan A, Oemar B, Banerjee A, Salganik M, Banfield C, Neelakantan S, Beebe JS, Vincent MS, Peeva E, Vleugels RA.: Efficacy, safety, and target engagement of dazukibart, an IFNβ specific monoclonal antibody, in adults with dermatomyositis: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet 405(10473): 137-146, Jan 2025.

 Xie L, Faden DF, Stone CJ, Lopes Almeida Gomes L, Feng R, Werth VP.: Subtype and Racial Erythema Variation for Cutaneous Lupus Trials. JAMA Dermatol 161(1): 67-74, Jan 2025.

 Khosravi-Hafshejani T, Werth VP.: Serum IFNα as a Biomarker for Cutaneous Lupus: Insights into Disease Activity, Severity, Therapeutic Monitoring and Clinical Trial Application. J Invest Dermatol(25), Jan 2025.

 Hile GA, Werth VP.: Understanding the Role of Type I Interferons in Cutaneous Lupus and Dermatomyositis: Toward Better Therapeutics. Arthritis Rheumatol 77(1): 1-11, Jan 2025.

 Ogawa-Momohara M, Vazquez T, Chin F, Sharma M, Dan J, Sprow G, Werth VP.: Multiplexed Mass Cytometry of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus and Dermatomyositis Skin: An In-depth, B-Cell-Directed Immunoprofile. J Invest Dermatol 145(1): 190-193, Jan 2025.

 Pandya R, Dan J, Kleitsch J, Lim D, White B, Werth VP.: Development and Evaluation of the Dermatomyositis Outcomes for Muscle and Skin as an Outcome Measure in Dermatomyositis Clinical Trials. JID Innov 5(2): 100337, Dec 2024.
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Last updated: 05/07/2025
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